Gordon, Lawrence, 1936-

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Name (Latin)
Gordon, Lawrence, 1936-
Other forms of name
Gordon, Lawrence (Producer)
Date of birth
1936-03-25
Field of activity
Motion picture authorship
Motion pictures--Production and direction
Television authorship
Television--Production and direction
Occupation
Producers and directors
Motion picture producers and directors
Screenwriters
Television producers and directors
Television writers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 90667347
Wikidata: Q575806
Library of congress: n 85138227
TAU10: 000493060
Sources of Information
  • Streets of fire [MP] 1984:credits (produced by Lawrence Gordon)
  • Halliwell's filmgoer's companion, 1997(Gordon, Lawrence, 1934- ; Am. producer, films and tv)
  • IMDb.com, July 10, 2009(Lawrence Gordon; producer; b. 25 March 1936, Yazoo City, Miss.; father of filmmaker/musician George Joseph Gordon; formed Largo Entertainment w/producer brother Charles Gordon; uncle of producer Kate Gordon; president 20th Century Fox 1984-1986)
  • Wikipedia, July 10, 2009(Lawrence Gordon; b. March 25, 1936, Yazoo City, Miss., grew up in Belzoni, Miss.; prolific American producer & motion picture executive; specializes in producing action-oriented films; films incl. Predator, Die hard and Field of dreams)
  • Contemporary theatre, film, and television, v. 54, 2004 [in Biography resource center, accessed July 10, 2009](Lawrence Gordon, aka Lawrence A. Gordon; American producer, executive; b. March 25, 1936 in Belzoni (some sources cite Yazoo City), Miss.)
  • OCLC, July 9, 2009(hdgs.: Gordon, Lawrence; Gordon, Lawrence, 1936- )
Wikipedia description:

Lawrence Gordon (born March 25, 1936) is an American producer and motion picture executive. He specializes in producing action-oriented films and other genres. Some of his most popular productions include 48 Hours (1982), Predator (1987), Die Hard (1988), Die Hard 2 (1990), Predator 2 (1990), Point Break (1991), Boogie Nights (1997), Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), and Prey (2022).

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